Solicitors Act 1974

11Fees payable on issue of practising certificates

(1)Subject to subsection (2), there shall be paid to the Society in respect of each practising certificate to be issued by it, before the certificate is issued, such fee as the Master of the Rolls, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, may from time to time by order determine.

(2)An order under subsection (1) may specify reduced fees for practising certificates which are issued to a solicitor subject to a training condition or training conditions during such period after his admission as may be specified in the order.

(3)All fees received by the Society under subsection (1) shall be applied in such manner as the Society may think fit for the purposes of the Society, including facilitating the acquisition of legal knowledge.

(4)The Society shall submit annually to the judges mentioned in subsection (1) an account of all such fees and of then-application and shall cause a copy of the account to be deposited at the Society's hall for inspection by any solicitor.